What is Windows 7 Starter?

I'm about to buy an el-cheapo laptop just for
Internet downloads, thereafter to transfer all
suitable and screened material to my main
computer.
http://www.asusnotebook.com.au/eee-pc.php

It comes with "Windows7 Starter" and I assume this
will be compatible with my Windows7 Ultimate 64bit
machine? It's going to cost $370 so I want to
get it right.

Peter

On 01 May 2012, Peter Jason <> wrote in
alt.windows7.general:

> I'm about to buy an el-cheapo laptop just for
> Internet downloads, thereafter to transfer all
> suitable and screened material to my main
> computer.
> http://www.asusnotebook.com.au/eee-pc.php
>
> It comes with "Windows7 Starter" and I assume this
> will be compatible with my Windows7 Ultimate 64bit
> machine? It's going to cost $370 so I want to
> get it right.

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/w...mpare?t1=tab15

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows...mparison_chart

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-NZ/w...-top-questions

In message <>, Peter Jason
<> writes:
>I'm about to buy an el-cheapo laptop just for
>Internet downloads, thereafter to transfer all
>suitable and screened material to my main
>computer.
>http://www.asusnotebook.com.au/eee-pc.php
>
>It comes with "Windows7 Starter" and I assume this
>will be compatible with my Windows7 Ultimate 64bit
>machine? It's going to cost $370 so I want to
>get it right.
>
>Peter
>
1. Looks like 417.90 to me from that link?
2. If it really is just for downloading stuff - I presume you are doing
this as a (slightly unusual, but each to his own) way of protecting your
main computer (does that not go online at all? Does it have any
antimalware features?) - then I'd say why not get a secondhand machine,
possibly XP or even one of the Linux ones. Would be much cheaper.
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Peter Jason wrote:
> I'm about to buy an el-cheapo laptop just for
> Internet downloads, thereafter to transfer all
> suitable and screened material to my main
> computer.
> http://www.asusnotebook.com.au/eee-pc.php
>
> It comes with "Windows7 Starter" and I assume this
> will be compatible with my Windows7 Ultimate 64bit
> machine? It's going to cost $370 so I want to
> get it right.
>
All the data files will be compatible, but Starter version is missing a
lot of the stuff that the better versions have which makes Windows 7
more usable. The deficiencies can be mostly rectified by third party
software and a bit of ingenuity, but the good news is that it supports
Window Anytime Upgrade, which lets you buy a decent version over the
internet, for slightly more extra cost than the version with it already
installed.

If you can find a laptop with Home Premium installed at about the same
price, you'd be better off with that.

--
Tciao for Now!

John.

On Tue, 01 May 2012 14:54:26 +1000, Peter Jason <> wrote:

>I'm about to buy an el-cheapo laptop just for
>Internet downloads, thereafter to transfer all
>suitable and screened material to my main
>computer.
>http://www.asusnotebook.com.au/eee-pc.php
>
>It comes with "Windows7 Starter" and I assume this
>will be compatible with my Windows7 Ultimate 64bit
>machine? It's going to cost $370 so I want to
>get it right.
>
>Peter
>
I have the 1015px-8U17 and it came with 2gig ram and home prem. and a
dual core Atom processor.

I have seen the ads that say it comes with starter and other ads that say
home prem. , but most ads say starter.

I got it from Amazon.

I also have a Toshiba netbook which has a ton of useless utilities and
the Asus is much better.


KenW

On Tue, 01 May 2012 14:54:26 +1000, Peter Jason wrote:

> I'm about to buy an el-cheapo laptop just for Internet downloads,
> thereafter to transfer all suitable and screened material to my main
> computer.
> http://www.asusnotebook.com.au/eee-pc.php
>
> It comes with "Windows7 Starter" and I assume this will be compatible
> with my Windows7 Ultimate 64bit machine? It's going to cost $370 so I
> want to get it right.
>
> Peter

I personally have an ACER netbook that came with win7 starter. Dual core
1.6 Atom 350gb hard drive and 1gb RAM (which I upgraded to 2gb) - which I
got from the local Fred Meyer store for $200. win7 is so slow on it I
could not stand it, so installed Debian - runs quite nicely.

File transfer capability should not be a concern either way.

On 01 May 2012, ray <> wrote in alt.windows7.general:

> I personally have an ACER netbook that came with win7 starter.
> Dual core 1.6 Atom 350gb hard drive and 1gb RAM (which I upgraded
> to 2gb) - which I got from the local Fred Meyer store for $200.
> win7 is so slow on it I could not stand it, so installed Debian -
> runs quite nicely.

I'm typing right now on an HP Mini 110 netbook that came with, and is
still running Windows 7 Starter. I originally planned to upgrade it to
one of the higher versions, but as it turned out, Starter Edition
supports everything I want this particular computer to do, so there it
will probably stay.

On 1 May 2012 15:16:07 GMT, ray <> wrote:

>On Tue, 01 May 2012 14:54:26 +1000, Peter Jason wrote:
>
>> I'm about to buy an el-cheapo laptop just for Internet downloads,
>> thereafter to transfer all suitable and screened material to my main
>> computer.
>> http://www.asusnotebook.com.au/eee-pc.php
>>
>> It comes with "Windows7 Starter" and I assume this will be compatible
>> with my Windows7 Ultimate 64bit machine? It's going to cost $370 so I
>> want to get it right.
>>
>> Peter
>
>I personally have an ACER netbook that came with win7 starter. Dual core
>1.6 Atom 350gb hard drive and 1gb RAM (which I upgraded to 2gb) - which I
>got from the local Fred Meyer store for $200. win7 is so slow on it I
>could not stand it, so installed Debian - runs quite nicely.
>
>File transfer capability should not be a concern either way.

1.6 atom vs my 3.4 gig 64 bit desktops 8 gig ram, yes slow.

All things considered, not bad speed.


KenW

It happens that Peter Jason formulated :
> I'm about to buy an el-cheapo laptop just for
> Internet downloads, thereafter to transfer all
> suitable and screened material to my main
> computer.
> http://www.asusnotebook.com.au/eee-pc.php
>
> It comes with "Windows7 Starter" and I assume this
> will be compatible with my Windows7 Ultimate 64bit
> machine? It's going to cost $370 so I want to
> get it right.
>
> Peter

Try MicroCenter.com
Laptops with Win 7 Home Premium for around $250 up (new and refurbished
name brands). I go a Win 7 Pro upgrade for around $120 (on sale).
I bought one (an Acer) and am very happy with it.

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Not the city.
Not the country.
Not the Earth.
Not the Solar System.
Not the Galaxy.
Not the Universe.
Not the Brane.
So where is the Brane?
Where are we?

Life is but a dream!

On Tue, 01 May 2012 01:13:08 -0400, Nil
<> wrote:

>On 01 May 2012, Peter Jason <> wrote in
>alt.windows7.general:
>
>> I'm about to buy an el-cheapo laptop just for
>> Internet downloads, thereafter to transfer all
>> suitable and screened material to my main
>> computer.
>> http://www.asusnotebook.com.au/eee-pc.php
>>
>> It comes with "Windows7 Starter" and I assume this
>> will be compatible with my Windows7 Ultimate 64bit
>> machine? It's going to cost $370 so I want to
>> get it right.
>
>http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/w...mpare?t1=tab15
>
>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows...mparison_chart


Thanks, the Wikipedia chart is a great help.
>
>http://windows.microsoft.com/en-NZ/w...-top-questions